Burner for pii



J. PRICE.

vPine Knt Burner.y

No. 1,434. Patehted Dec. 18, 1839.

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JOHN PRICE, kO11" NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

BURNER FOR PINE-KNOTS, &o.

Specication of Letters Patent No.V 1,434, dated December 18, 1839.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, Jol-IN PRICE, ofNashville, in the county of Davidson and State of Tennessee, haveinvented an improved burner or apparatus for the purpose of burningpine-knots, light-wood, or other substances of that character when usedas a substitute for candles and other modes of obtaining artificiallight; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exactdescription thereof.

I make an instrument resembling a common candlestick, consisting of avertical tube, or other suitably formed body, placed upon an appropriatefoot, or stand, within which tube the material to be burned when splitor broken to a proper size, is to be put. Said tube may be of anydesired size, but one of two inches in diameter, and from eight totwelve inches in height will be a good ordinary size. Within this tube Iusually place a spring slide, to be moved up and down by means of aknob, in the manner of the slide in a chamber Candlestick. Through thesides of the vertical tube I make a number of holes for the admission ofair to the burning material; these holes may be half an inch, more orless, in diameter, extending downfrom the top,.to the lowest point onwhich the burning material rests. This burner I place under a funnel,furnished with a smoke pipe, which leads into a chimney, or elsewhere1for the purpose of carrying off the smoke; the smoke pipe should belarger in diameter than the tube of the burner. I usually make my burnerof metal, but it may be made either of earthen-ware, or any otherarticle which will be' durable, and can be wrought into the proper form.

In the accompanying drawing, A, A, is the vertical tube of my burner,standing on the foot, or base, B. The openings through the ktube for theadmission of air are shown at a, a, a; and C is the knob of the slidefor raisingy and lowering the light wood.

D, D, is the funnel and pipe for carrying off the smoke.

It has been the uniform practice, hitherto, where pine knots, oranalogous substances, are burned for obtaining light, to burn themwithout t-he employment of any apparatus adapted thereto; but by thesimple device above described a much more intense and brilliant light isobtained from a small portion of the material than can be gained from amuch larger quantity burned in the ordinary way; the effect of the draftof air through the sides of the vertical tube being similar to thatproduced by the glass burner in the Argand lamp, a considerable portionof the smoke which would otherwise escape being made to undergocombustion; while what does escape, is carried off by means of thefunnel and pipe.

l/Vhat I claim as my invention in the above described apparatus, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is l The use of a vertical tube, orother suitably formed body, perforated with holes for the admission ofair to the burning pine knot, light wood, or other analogous material,which is to be placed therein, as herein setforth; and the burner setunder a funnel and smoke pipe, or other analogous fixture.

JOI-IN PRICE. Witnesses:

THos. P. J ONES, IV. THOMPSON.

